Princeless Books 1, 2 & 3: Save Yourself; Get Over Yourself; & The Pirate Princess (Graphic Novels) [B0980]

2012-2015, all 3 are in nice clean condition. The Princeless series tells the story of Princess Adrienne, a strong-minded, brave, and intelligent black princess who questions and challenges expectations and stereotypes associated with princesses. The 9-book series was nominated for two Eisner Awards-"Best Single Issue" and "Best Comic for Kids Ages 8-12", and five Glyph Comics Awards, winning the categories "Best Female Character", "Best Writer", and "Story of the Year".

Book #1. Save Yourself: Locked in a tower with her sisters and tired of waiting to be rescued by a prince, Princess Adrienne, her sidekick Bedelia, and her guardian dragon Sparky begin a quest to save themselves.

Book #2. Get Over Yourself: This time Adrienne's out to rescue her older sister Angelica, the most beautiful princess in the world. It won't be easy though. Not only does Adrienne have to deal with Angelica's legions of admirers and their sibling rivalry, but the King has hired a band of ruthless mercenaries to track her down. Can she save Angelica? Does she want to? And how will she deal with these deadly knights who are after her head?

Book#3. The Pirate Princess: Adrienne has been on the run and working to save her sisters, but when she finds another princess locked away in a tower, she decides to spring her! But Raven Xingtao, the daughter of the Pirate King, is more of a handful than Adrienne could have ever expected. Before she knows it, Adrienne is off on a whirlwind adventure to complete Raven's quest for revenge!

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "Imagine if the princess not only saved herself, but was Black? This was a quick comic read that was about saving yourself and friendship. I did like the art. The author/illustrator is a white dude with a Black wife and kids, so it's neat reading that he wanted strong females of color represented."; "Fun and fast-paced. I wish I would have had this series in middle school! I love its continual cheeky thumb at traditional fantasy tropes. Also heck yes to a pirate story line."; "Love me some gay feminist pirate content."; "I love how these comics are so female positive."